WaitHandleCannotBeOpenedException Class
The exception that is thrown when an attempt is made to open a system mutex or semaphore that does not exist.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Instances of the Mutex class and the Semaphore class can represent named system synchronization objects. When you use the Mutex.OpenExisting method or the Semaphore.OpenExisting method to open a named system object that does not exist, a WaitHandleCannotBeOpenedException is thrown.
System.Exception
System.ApplicationException
System.Threading.WaitHandleCannotBeOpenedException
Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98
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